Coaching Youth Soccer

by American Sport Education Program

• ISBN13: 9780736037181
• ISBN10: 0736037187
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS PUBLISHERS

Summary

The spring 2001 release of >Coaching Youth Soccer> launches a much-improved third generation of the American Sport Education Program's (ASEP) >Coaching Youth Sports> series. This widely respected and highly popular series has established itself as the best collection of sport-specific guides grounded in positive coaching principles.ASEP, the nation's number one coaching education program, developed >Coaching Youth Soccer> to provide you with both an explanation of your role as a youth soccer coach and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role. You will find chapters on communicating with your athletes and their parents, teaching and developing soccer skills, creating season plans and conducting practices, and coaching in game situations.The third edition of this book includes a special bonus-a chapter on the games approach to teaching soccer skills and tactics. The games approach is an effective way for you to coach youth soccer, and it makes learning more fun for your young athletes.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Coaching!	vii
Key to Diagrams	viii
Stepping Into Coaching	1	(8)
How to meet your responsibilities as a coach, how to coach when your child is on your team, and being aware of the five tools of an effective coach
Communicating As a Coach	9	(8)
How to send effective verbal and nonverbal messages to communicate better with players, parents, fans, officials, and opposing coaches
Providing for Players' Safety	17	(16)
How to provide for safety and respond to players' injuries when they do occur
The Games Approach to Coaching Soccer	33	(6)
How to use the most effective method for teaching tactics and skills
Teaching and Shaping Skills	39	(14)
Learn the four steps of teaching skills effectively, how to shape skills, correct errors, and deal with misbehavior
Game-Day Coaching	53	(12)
How to prepare for the game, coach during the game, and keep winning and losing in perspective
Rules and Equipment	65	(12)
Understand rules, player positions, game procedures, fouls, goalkeeping, scoring, and officiating signals
Tactics and Skills	77	(72)
Know the team tactics and individual offensive and defensive skills to teach to your players
Season Plans	149	(6)
Organize your practices throughout the season, with sample plans for players 8 to 9, 10 to 11, and 12 to 14
Appendix A Injury Report	155	(2)
Appendix B Emergency Information Card	157	(2)
Appendix C Emergency Response Card	159